Prayers & Bribes

While doing school one day, Peter lost his eraser. As soon as he realized it was missing, he asked to pray. We prayed, looked, didn't find it, but continued with school. After school, he asked to pray again. We did (mom was praying silently in her head that we would find it also) and then we found it! Peter immediately broke out in singing "Jesus Loves Me." I love it! He is seeing that God answers prayers and nothing is to small to pray about.

This morning I stayed in bed a bit long because I was not feeling 100%. Peter came in to ask what was wrong and he asked to pray for me. He then launched right into a prayer! I love that he knows already that you can go to God with anything.

Now onto the bribe...we are still having some issues with Peter not being nice to Abi, making ugly noises when we ask him to do something, and a few other things. Peter has been asking for a rip stick for quiet awhile. He's been saving for one but it will take him a while to get there. We made a deal with him that if he was nice for 14 days, mom and dad would pay for the rest of the rip stick. We made a sheet of paper to hang on the wall and will mark off each day. If he messes up, we will start over. We are hoping he sees the bigger picture in this which is that when we make the right choice, there is a reward. (Choosing Jesus gives you the best eternal reward!) We also want him to see that there is grace and forgiveness so that is why we are starting over if he messes up. We hope this leads to discussions that God does the same for us.

And then he prayed for good behavior!! Please pray for Peter as he launches on this journey to an obedient heart.